Bobby Bowden signed a one-year contract Wednesday to coach a 34th season at Florida State, prolonging his duel with Penn State’s Joe Paterno to see who will retire as college football’s all-time leader in wins.
Bobby Bowden signed a one-year contract Wednesday to coach a 34th season at Florida State, prolonging his duel with Penn State’s Joe Paterno to see who will retire as college football’s all-time leader in wins. The school’s announcement said Bowden will be paid just under $2.5 million, the same as last year.
Georgia tailback Richard Samuel, a leading candidate to take over for starter Knowshon Moreno, will miss spring practice after having surgery on his left wrist. Samuel is expected to recover in time for the 2009 season
The Mountain West Conference is pushing for an automatic annual entry into the Bowl Championship Series’ postseason lineup, USA Today reported Monday. The newspaper said that presidents and chancellors of the league’s nine schools, along with commissioner Craig Thompson, will press for a meeting with BCS coordinator John Swofford, to discuss an automatic berth into the BCS.
The nine-team Mountain West Conference is pushing for an automatic berth into the high-stakes, big-money BCS bowl mix, USA Today has reported.
All-Big 12 Texas wide receiver Jordan Shipley will miss spring practice after undergoing shoulder surgery Friday for injuries sustained during the 2008 season.
Texas wide receiver Jordan Shipley will miss spring practice after having surgery on his right shoulder on Friday. “It’s an injury I aggravated a couple of times during the year, but was able to play through,” Shipley said in a statement released by Texas. “I worked hard to rehab it and kept playing, but now that I have time, I got it cleaned up and can get back to full strength for next season.”…
Not long after stepping on campus, Tee Martin is delivering a measure of star quality to New Mexico’s football program.
The Senior Bowl quarterbacks all have something to prove. Graham Harrell and Pat White want to show they can thrive in a prostyle offense like they did in college ball.
A handful of lawmakers used a resolution commending the University of Florida’s national football championship Thursday to protest college football’s much-maligned BCS system.
